Manager, Software Engineering (Irvine)

Shaping the Future of Lending

With 30 years of fintech leadership, Origence empowers credit unions with innovative SaaS lending solutions that make lending more accessible, efficient, and competitive. We invest in our people and foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. As we help shape the future of lending, we're leveraging AI to enhance the way we work and create value for our clients, and we're seeking individuals who are excited by emerging technologies and eager to use them responsibly to solve problems and drive impact.

Shaping the Future of Lending

With 30 years of fintech leadership, Origence empowers credit unions with innovative SaaS lending solutions that make lending more accessible, efficient, and competitive. We invest in our people and foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. As we help shape the future of lending, we're leveraging AI to enhance the way we work and create value for our clients, and we're seeking individuals who are excited by emerging technologies and eager to use them responsibly to solve problems and drive impact.

Manager, Software Engineering

The Manager, Software Engineering is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, requiring a blend of technical knowledge, managerial expertise, and interpersonal skills. They lead technical initiatives, guide engineering teams, and ensure the successful execution of projects. The role includes participating in architectural reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and implementing both functional and non-functional requirements of software systems.

The Origence Mindset

At Origence, we are self-aware, adaptable, and relentlessly focused on creating meaningful impact. We think like owners, embrace complexity and ambiguity, challenge conventional thinking, and continuously pursue smarter, more effective ways to solve problems and advance the business. If this mindset reflects who you are, you may be exactly who we're looking for.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you are a natural leader, care deeply about people and their career development, self-driven, conscientious, fiscally responsible, self-aware, passionate and compassionate engineering leader. You are comfortable with ambiguity, eternally curious, and love problem solving. You operate as an owner and work with a growth mindset. You can define a vision for your area of ownership, building a culture that fosters freedom and responsibility and inspires innovation. You are technically deep in all areas of the product development life cycle, capable of designing architecture and rolling up your sleeps when needed. You act as a multiplier collaborating with others. You are tireless in questioning the status quo and pursue the best answers to the hardest problems to the benefit of the business. Your focus is strong and capable of context switching and pivoting with the business. In the vacuum of leadership, you assume it. You aren't just an engineering leader; you are a game changer.

How You'll Contribute

• Capable of managing a team of developers, providing feedback and training where necessary, assisting with recruitment, and ensure that technical initiatives align with organizational goals working closely with Principal Engineers / Development Directors


• As a Development Manager, lead, coach and mentor developers assigned to the product/project ensuring performance, maintainability, and functional requirements from design, development, testing to rollout and support


• Setting performance goals, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and facilitating professional development.


• The Software Engineering Manager role involves hands-on work and requires writing code:


• Work with cross-engineering staff, collaborating on hardware and system monitoring requirements to ensure expected performance and reliability of the application / system developed:


• Proactively communicate and work to mitigate changes to project timelines, degradation in performance of applications, participate in Site Event Escalation process / on-call duties:

What Makes You a Great Fit

Education

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, or related industry experience

Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience in business process automation applications.


• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience as a Tech Lead


• 1-3 years of managing a team of developers


• A minimum of 8 years of experience in .Net, C#, Windows tools, ASP.net, and languages as well as modern web frameworks (Angular via Typescript, React)


• Understanding of Relational and NoSQL Databases, preferably MSSQL and MongDB, data modeling, and strong experience with ORM toolkits a must.


• Understanding of Agile methodologies, Domain Driven Design, Test/Behavior Driven Design, Event Driven via Asynchronous messaging approaches


• Preferred Experience: ASP.NET, WCF, Web Services, NServiceBus, Message queues, Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)


• Preferred AI Experience: spec-driven development, tool proficiency (Claude, OpenAI, Vercel), prompt and plan engineering, ML anomaly detection, agent and subagent assisted development, security and oversight, MCP, and RAG implementations

Your Strengths & Expertise

• Understanding of consumer Lending business


• Must have a very good understanding of design patterns.


• Collaborating with other departments (Product, Engineering, etc.) and teams to complete cross-departmental dependencies.


• Can effectively lead / participate in technical initiatives, collaborative design/requirements meetings while gathering the necessary information for software development.


• Ownership and accountability mindset, decision making along with communication and analytical skills that helps to partner with Product Owners and cross functional teams.


• Ensuring that the software development process prioritizes user needs and delivers a high-quality user experience.


• Developing long-term strategies for software development that align with organizational goals.


• Coaching team members to improve their performance, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.


• Leadership qualities, an excellent team player with the ability to handle stressful situations.


• The individual has expertise or curiosity to learn in their chosen technology stack and have a broader knowledge of various programming languages, frameworks, and tools.


• Using their expertise to manage the design of projects deadlines, priorities, and deliverables.


• Brings experience and understanding of the application domain, enabling insightful decisions and innovative problem-solving.


• Ability to work in fast paced / flexible environment that practices SAFe / Agile based SDLC.


• Performing quality control and resolving structural design and other issues throughout the software implementation stages


• Inspiring and motivating team members, fostering a positive work environment, and encouraging innovation and creativity.

Bring your ideas, your curiosity, and your unique perspective. We'll provide the opportunities, tools, and support to help you succeed.

How We Invest In You

• 401(k) with 8% Company Match


• Flexible Work Environment


• Competitive Paid Time Off


• Tuition Reimbursement & Education Benefits


• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits


• Microsoft Copilot and AI-Enabled Tools


• Continuous Learning & Development Opportunities


• A culture of connection, celebration, and growth through employee-driven programs, company events, holiday celebrations (Star Wars Day), monthly town halls, quarterly company meetings, and team traditions like Bring Your Kid to Work Day

Recognizing Your Impact

The starting salary range for this full-time position is $147000 - $184900 per year. We offer competitive compensation designed to recognize the value, experience, and contributions each team member brings to Origence. Base pay is determined by factors including experience, geographic location, and internal equity, and eligible positions may participate in our annual bonus program.

Origence is an equal opportunity employer. All recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, and other terms and conditions of employment will be based upon an individuals’ qualifications regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, military service, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.